Muslim Brotherhood Revives Women Role

Nearly 2,000 women members met for the Brotherhood's first conference in six decades

Muslim Brotherhood, sisters, women

CAIRO – For the first time in six decades, the Muslim Brotherhood has held a conference for its female members in an effort to revive the role of women in post-revolution Egypt.

"It is a historic moment worthy of thanks to Allah," Khayrat Al-Shatter, the deputy chairman of the Muslim Brotherhood, told the opening session of the conference on Saturday, July 1, cited by the group's website.

"This conference is the first for the Sisters and Muslim women for nearly sixty years."

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